#8A72DF#8A72DF

#8A72DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.160 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DF
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 223)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 34.43, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 62.89, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0577 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.16 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8142, 22.7648, 72.6209)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DF #C7DF72

analogous

#7290DF #8A72DF #C072DF

triadic

#8A72DF #DF8A72 #72DF8A

tetradic

#8A72DF #DF7290 #C7DF72 #72DFC0

square

#8A72DF #DF7290 #C7DF72 #72DFC0

split-complementary

#8A72DF #DFC072 #90DF72

monochromatic

#4528AF #6140D4 #8A72DF #B3A4EA #DDD6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A72DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A72DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DF

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DF	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4885E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.160 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be9',
    500: '#8a72df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72df;
$custom-light: #b09be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.211,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62457,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DF

secondary

#E0E8C4

accent

#CB1BA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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